Hot Rods ARE RED WHEELS GETTING POPULAR AGAIN?

Had yellow wheels on my high school hot rod (1960 =/-). Have had red wheels for the past 25 years on my current '40 coupe.....aluminum mags before red.....

 

I’m going with body color wheels with poverty caps on black wall rolling stock.

 

Yes!
Vermillion Red.

 

I'm a black wheel fan as I have them on 3 of my deuces but when I built my 5 window a little over a year ago it was black suede and I put red Wheel Smith steelies on it. Looked good.

 

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Darn. I did not realize my red wheels were out of style......

John

 

I have red wheels on my blue OT 2500!!!

 

Red wheels with full wheel covers, don't get any better than that!

 

3 hot rods, 2 w/ red, 1 w/ chrone


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never popular on green cars.

 

have "red" about this over and over - maybe a black wheel with a double red pin stripe

 

Hmm, I didn't know they ever fell out of favor. I have always seen a lot of them. Perhaps the trend is regional.

 

A couple of recent builds by a local hot rodder.


And another recent build by a friend of the above builder

 

“ARE RED WHEELS GETTING POPULAR AGAIN.”

God I hope not.

 

Dave's 40 coupe. HRP

 

Steve's 40 sedan. HRP

 

i like em

 

Jim's Model A. HRP

 

Don’t know if they are coming back, it was an option to have wheels painted the color of the pinstripe.




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Sorry young man, back in the 50,s 60,s full hubcaps and red rims were the popular choice on any colored car. I was there unlike you youngsters. In fact your dad was running that combo on his green coupe! Shame!


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Last car I had with red wheels was a 54 Ford which was painted a light green back in 63.
I painted them black soon after.

 

I hope not too. I don't care for red or black wheels. Aluminum, polished or satin for me.....

 

It's always been traditional to uncork the headers, and put on the red rims with slicks. It means your ready for business. Or it just looks good for Christmas. lol

 

Some people are just catching up on red wheels, some are catching up on black wheels and some are still building their dream Boyd style car.

So it all depends of your reference point and who you talk to.

 

To each their own, but I’m just not into red wheels. Or the wide whites that often go with them for that matter.

My cars are always black, and if they have painted wheels I like to do a color (blue / green / maroon) that is very dark to the point you have to pay attention to see they aren’t black. Just a sneaky amount of color against the black.

 

Interesting thread, since I blasted two wheels today for my Merc. They will be a bright blue by tomorrow afternoon. I think they will "pop" as well as red wheels, and will fit into the long term vision if my 49.

 

99% red wheels here,easier to clean and touch up and a lot cheaper than chrome or polished alloy.must say though not a fan of the white wall flaps that seem to go with them a lot.gotta run a set of wide white crossplies to set them off along with chrome caps and trims.

 

Red wheels are traditional. HRP